Electrical Power Engineering BEng (Hons)

Program Overview

This BEng (Hons) in Electrical Power Engineering at LSBU provides a comprehensive education in electrical machines, power systems, renewable energy, and electrical building services. Accredited by the IET, it emphasizes practical skills, industry relevance, and hands-on projects to prepare graduates for roles in the growing electrical power industry and contribute to the UK's net zero energy future.

Program Outline

Electrical Power Engineering - BEng (Hons)

Degree Overview:

This course is closed to new applicants for September 2024. This program provides students with in-depth knowledge in electrical machines, power systems, renewable energy, power electronics, electrical energy converters, and electrical/environmental services in buildings. It emphasizes developing both theoretical and practical skills in the wide sector of the electrical power industry.

• Ranked 1st in London for Student Satisfaction in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Complete University Guide, 2023).
• Engineering programmes ranked 9th in the UK in teaching (National Student Survey 2023).
• Ranked 4th in the UK for Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Guardian League Table 2022).
• Offers a range of extracurricular activities for Engineering students, including an AI machine learning boot camp and silent film processing.

Outline:

The program is structured across four years (full-time) or five years (part-time) and includes a variety of modules covering various aspects of electrical power engineering.

Year 1 (FT/PT):

• Engineering Mathematics and Modelling: Consolidates mathematical skills essential for engineering degrees, including the Matlab computing environment.
• Object-Oriented Programming C++: Introduces the syntaxes and semantics of C++ programming language, teaching OOP techniques and practical skills in program design and implementation.
• Electrical Circuit Analysis: Covers DC and AC electrical circuit analysis, including electrical units, measuring instruments, series/parallel DC circuit analysis, storage elements analysis, AC waveforms, R, L, C, RL and RLC AC circuits with phasor analysis, electromagnetism, equivalent circuit of single phase transformer, and three phase circuits.
• Digital Logic Design (FT only): Covers the fundamental theory and practical uses of digital electronics, including combinational logic design, sequential logic design, Hardware Description Languages (HDL), standard logic gates, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), and common design blocks like adders, encoders, comparators, data selectors, flip-flops, counters, and registers.
• Electronic Principles (FT only): Introduces the physics of semiconductor devices, exploring basic atomic theory, the flow of charge in materials, conduction mechanisms, the formation of bipolar semiconductor junctions, energy band diagrams, breakdown mechanisms, and the operation of diodes and transistors.
• Circuits, Signals and Systems: Introduces methods to mathematically model circuits, signals, and systems required for engineering electrical, electronic, telecommunication, and control systems.
Covers Fourier series, Fourier transforms, Laplace Transforms, convolution, transfer functions, and frequency responses.
• Electrical Machines and Applications (FT only): Offers a modern approach to the study of single-phase and three-phase transformers, and generic electrical machines like motors and generators.
Covers the physical and mathematical modeling of the electromechanical energy conversion process.
• Power Electronics (FT only): Covers the fundamental principles of power electronic devices and their integration to build power systems.
Offers a modern approach to the application of power electronics converters, including design considerations, implementation, and performance.

Year 3 (FT):

• Optional placement year

Year 4 (FT/PT):

• Renewable Energy Engineering: Establishes students' knowledge in all types of renewable energy systems, covering calculations and measurement methods of solar radiation, the theory of photovoltaics, and its performance parameters.
Includes designing and analyzing photovoltaic technologies, wind energy technologies, and smart grid interconnected wind energy and photovoltaic systems.
• Systems for Environmental Services: Equips students with the knowledge and skills to work in the electrical building services industry, covering UPS systems, Lift systems, Advanced power factor correction, Risk and reliability aspects of systems and services, energy management, EMC, and LAN/WANS.
• Electrical Energy Converters and Drives: Provides a broad understanding of the theory and application of power electronic circuits in power conversion and electrical machine drives.
Covers power electronics and microprocessor control components relevant to electrical building services.
• BEng Project: Requires students to plan, execute, review, and report on a major piece of technical work directly related to their degree discipline.
Provides an opportunity to develop a high degree of subject-specific expertise and explore new areas of interest.

Assessment:

Each module is assessed through a combination of coursework and exams. The weighting of each component for calculating the overall module mark is given in the Module Guide. To pass a module, students must obtain an overall module mark of no less than 40% and a minimum threshold mark of 30% in each component. Assessment components can include assignments, mini tests, essays, laboratory reports, logbooks, and examinations.

Teaching:

• Lecturers are leading practitioners in their fields, ensuring industry relevance.
• A personal approach is taken, with each student allocated a personal tutor for the duration of the course.
• Learning takes place through lectures, seminars, tutorials, and practical work.
• Students engage in both group and individual projects.
• The program emphasizes hands-on engineering, with "design-make-test" projects throughout the course.
• Guest lecturers from world-renowned companies, such as Rolls-Royce, contribute to the program.

Careers:

• The UK energy industry adds a net value to the economy of more than £15 billion per year, with electricity sales alone amounting to around £100 million per day.
• Key players in the industry range from large national grid operators to regional distribution and power generation companies.
• Career prospects are excellent in this growing engineering sector, with graduate electrical engineers commanding high salaries and often involved in cutting-edge projects.
• Graduates can work for industry players like large national grid operators, regional distribution and power generation companies, and the building services industry.
• The program is the first step to becoming a chartered engineer, with Chartered Engineers typically earning more than their colleagues.
• Graduates gain practical key skills, including analytical investigative work, knowledge of both analogue and digital systems, the ability to create computer models for simulation, and the ability to manage projects using industry standards and specifications.
• A sandwich year in industry can further improve employment prospects.

Other:

• The course follows the UK SPEC.
• LSBU maintains an Industrial Advisory Board composed of professional engineers working in the industry, who meet twice a year to offer advice and feedback on the courses.
• LSBU has been educating professional engineers for over 100 years.
• The European Studies endorsement is available on all BEng courses, allowing students to complete a sandwich year abroad at a partner institution in Europe and then complete the year with an industrial placement.
• Students are granted student membership of the IET on enrolment for the duration of the course.
• There is an extra room that acts as a project lab for electrical/electronic workshop in the final year individual project.
• Most computer software installed in teaching labs is also available 24/7 for external access from home.

• UK Fees
£9250
• Int.
Fees £14900 Possible fee changes The fees for international students are reviewed annually and the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fees in line with the RPIX measure of inflation up to 4 per cent. Scholarships